The Little ARC That Could... And Still Does!

[chops-tube]

Originally Posted by 2fastdriving

I sense another arc convert is coming home.

I too sense that. Hmm...

Originally Posted by jdandy

Charles.......Looking at the circuit topology in the nudie photo the ARC D130 looks to be a very well designed amplifier. If this were a new amp being sold today it would probably retail for $4500.00. I like the looks of the interior a lot.

I recall reading somewhere they designed the boards to be like a dual mono design to keep everything symmetrical and signal paths as short and clean as possible. It's a solid amp.

Originally Posted by Cohibaman

Big transformer, all metal film resistors, nice symmetrical design, very few electrolytic caps...

Speaking of electrolytics, from the pic I took, it looks like there's maybe 12 per channel. It looks like they are all for voltage and such with nothing but Wima's all in the signal chain.